I. Key findings and recommendations6-month plans of Receipts and Expenditure of the 2019 state budget were fulfilled by 103.2% and 98.6%, respectively. Plans of Capital Expenses and Goods and Services wer

Since the nomination of Ioseb Makrakhidze as the majoritarian MP candidate for Gori,[1] companies owned by him and his family members have received more than GEL 91.8 million from public procurements. The companies connected with Makrakhid

As of 2019, the Government of Georgia has not fulfilled a number of important anti-corruption recommendations which concern such issues as anti-corruption policy planning, enforcement of anti-corruption laws, independence of civil servants, jud

In the years 2017-2019, the municipalities of Imereti used the mechanisms of citizens’ involvement more than in 2015-2016, although the present situation still needs to be improved. The study conducted by TI Georgia makes it clear that mo

The State owns more property than self-government bodies in the territory of municipalities, while 100% of certain types of property is owned by the State. This considerably hinders local economic development: municipalities are devoid of the p

Within the frame of public spending and procurement monitoring project, Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) has studied procurements related to the celebration events of May 26 – the Independence Day of Georgia. According to t

The Batumi Municipality spends GEL 1,626,899 per month and GEL 19,522,796 annually on the salaries of employees of 11 non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities (N(N)LE). In addition, GEL 13,720,200 has been allocated in 2019 for subsidizing

The corruption risks related to former officials’ transition to the private sector remain a problem in Georgia. The reason, on the one hand, are the flaws in the corresponding legislation and, on the other, the absence of mechanisms to enforce

In 2017-2018, number of factions and submitted initiatives in the municipal councils (Sakrebulos) of Batumi, Keda, Kobuleti, Khelvachauri, Khulo, and Shuakhevi in Adjara has decreased compared to the data of 2014-2016. In addition, the majority